Swing hanger



Dec. 4 1923;

C. W. BIRCH SWING HANGER Filed July 19 1921 INVENTOR. CHESTER 14/. B/ECH.

Patented Dec. 4, 19 23.

N l E D S T 1,41 ,938 FF EC ATEN cnns'rna WM. Brace, or CHICAGO, IL-I'anoIs.

swine HANGER.

Application filed July 19, 1921. Serial No. 485,811.

and is primarily an improvement over the devices shown in my prior application, Serial No. 328,556, filed October 4, 1919, the prime feature of the present invention being the provision of separated hanger sections, together with anchoring plates. or members for positioning the ends of the hanger sections over a support.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for attaching the anchoring ends of the hanger members to the supporting plates or bars therefor.

A further feature of the invention is in so constructing the supporting parts for the hanger members that the hanger members may be attached in pairs or may be used singly.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means in connection with the supporting members for the hanger for protecting the parts with which they engage from injury by friction or otherwise;-

A further feature of the invention is in so constructing the hangers when used singly, as to prevent tilting action of the supporting plates upon the support.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the swing structure applied to use,

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the hanger mounted upon a door frame,

Figure 3 is top plan View of the hanger, together with the supporting plates therefor, Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the supporting plates,

Figure 5 is a top plan view showing the manner of constructing and mounting a sin le hanger, and

igure 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of supporting member for the hangers.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a door frame which may be of the conven-,

tional or any preferred construction and having a top rail 2 which rests against the wall 3 of the building, and-in order to suspend a swing 4; from the top rail 2, hanger members 5 are provided, which are substantially heart-shaped, said hanger members being preferably constructed from spring metal in the form of a rod or wire, the lower extremity of each hanger member being preferably provided with a'loop 6, to give tension to the arms of the hanger member and to provide a convenient means for at taching the swing to the hanger. The upper ends of the arms of the hanger members 5 are preferably bent at right angles to the remainder of the hanger member and extended in a horizontalplane to provide hearing shanks 7, these shanks fitting over the upper edges of the top rail 2 and suspending the hanger members from the rail.

When a swing structure is suspended from the top rail 2, it is preferable to use a pair of the hanger members 5, and as the hanger members are formed se'paratefrom each other, supporting plates, bearing menibers or bars 8 are provided which are substantially angular in cross section and extend from one hanger member to the other,

.one arm of the plate or bar resting upon the upper edge of the top rail'2, while the other arm extends vertically and rests againstthe face of the'wall 3, and to pro:

tect the toprail and wall against injury' from the supporting plates, as they are pref- 9, or similar material, is secured over the faces of the supporting plates which con tacts with the top rail and wall, the strips of felt preferably projecting slightly beyond the edges and ends of the supporting members, or if desiredthe felt may be placed over the entire surface of the plates.

The shanks 7 of the hanger members preferably rest in the crotch formed by the supporting plates, and in order to hold the shanks in fixed relation with. the supporting plates, sockets 10 are formed on the supporting plates by striking up strips or sections of the plates, severing the "side edges of the struck up portions, but leaving the ends of the struck up portions integral with the plates; consequently the shanks 7 maybe readily entered through the sockets thus formed. After the-shanks have been properly entered through the sockets 10, tongues 11, formed at the ends of the supporting 9'0 erably constructed 0 metal, a strip of felt.

' ing sill and against the face of the wall of the plates, are bent upwardly and extended into the path of the hanger members so as to prevent the shanks 7 from casually leaving the sockets, and when the supporting plates are formed in one continuous piece thetwo hanger members are held in fixed relation with each other.

In some instances it isdesired .to use a hanger singly as when suspending a baby umper, or devices of a similar nature, and

under such conditionsthat form of hanger ter of plates 13, said plates'will not have a' tendency to tilt as might otherwise occur if the hanger was positioned at the ends of the plates. 7 Instead of providing the angle-shaped metallic supporting plates, that form of support for the hanger members shown in Figure 6 may be employed, which consists of an oblong block 14 preferablyof wood, having a bore 15 centrally of its axis, into which the s-hanks of the hanger members are entered, the faces of the clock having a cush ironing strip of felt 16 or the like for protecting the parts with which it comes in contact, and if desired any suitable means may be provided forseouring or anchoring the ends of the shanks within the bore. 7

7 Applying this form of device to use, after the hanger members have been secured to the supporting bars or plates, said plates are manually separated and engaged with the top sill of the door frame, the supportp-lates resting upon the top edge of the building, one plate on each side of the wall, and when the force required .to separate the supporting plates is released, the tension or the hanger members will securely clamp thesupporting members in position and hold them against undue movement due to the swinging operation It Wlll likewise be seen that by forming the hanger members separate from each otherthey can be more exeditiousland more chea l manufactured and when connected with the supporting v plates or bars, as shown, will be as eflieient as the structure shown in my formerapp'lication.

Having thus fully described-my said vention, what I claim as new and, desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A support for cooperation with door frames or the like con'iprising a bearing member on each side of the frame, a hangerthe main portion thereof substantially midway of the shank, the arms of said'hanger being arranged for directing inward and downward pressure on the bearing members, substantially as set forth.

2. A support for cooperation with door frames having a top rail or the like com prising a pair of bearing members. substantially angular in cross section and having legs bent to conform with the toprail and wall of the door frame respectively, a hanger memberhaving its opposite ends bent to extend along the crotch of the bearing members, said bearing members having sockets formed along the crotch by striking up strips along each leg of the angular bearing member and integral therewith whereby said bent portions of the hanger member are held within the sockets, the arms of said hanger member. being arranged for-directing downward and inward pressure along the crotch of the angular bear-ing members, sub stantially as set forth p In witness whereof, I have hereunto set hand and seal at Chicago, Illinois, A. D. nineteen hundred and twentypne.

CHESTER 7M; BIRCH v [as] \Vituesses ROSE ()DDY BIRCH,

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